A quick look at what technologies the Central Intelligence Agency’s investment arm – known as In-Q-Tel—is investing in

Through the Central Intelligence Agency’s investment firm In-Q-Tel (IQT), here’s what the intelligence gathering group is putting your tax dollars to work for now -- though the actual investment amount is secret.

What it does: Its Capturx software for digital pens is used on mobile devices in order to integrate handwritten information into Excel or SharePoint, among other applications including ones used by warfighters with GIS.

What it does: The company builds data-analytics software based on natural language to take structured and unstructured data about people, events, and places to make connections about their relationships.

What it does: Software for “Big Data” that can take existing Hadoop clusters, including Cloudera, MapR and Amazon EMR, to turn questions from users into Hadoop jobs to synthesize information into dashboards and reports.

What it does: For the security and medical markets, it has a heat-detection technology that can be used in everything from dirty-bomb, cargo containers, security screening, and nuclear medicine and X-ray imaging.

What it does: Situational software for assembling dashboards in minutes based on demand that can combine live Web applications, and other digital assets, such as documents scattered across the enterprise.